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US Commerce Dept Final Determination: Softwood Lumber Duties, Nov 2017
https://www.commerce.gov/…/softwood_lumber_canada_ad_cvd_fi… The next step is the International Trade Commission (ITC) Final Determination in later December. Some of the duty rates may be adjusted. Canadian operators will be required to pay duties on softwood lumber shipments to the US at the beginning of January 2018. This announcement also says that ‘critical circumstances’ exist on the anti-dumping…
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Fifth Annual Bioenergy Day
The fifth annual North America bioenergy day this year had record participation. Sixty organizations participated in 50 events across Canada and the United States to recognize the benefits of heat, power, and fuels from biomass. In honour of the Fifth Annual Bioenergy Day, Fink Machine held an Open House October 18 in Enderby, BC, to…
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Japan Building Projection: Fiscal Year 2017
On July 26, Japan’s Research Institute of Construction and Economy and the Economic Research Association released “Outlook of Construction Investment According to Construction Economy Model”, said Japan Lumber Journal October 15. In that report, the organizations predict Japan housing starts in fiscal 2017 (from April 2017 to March 2018) to decrease 1.3 per cent compared…
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North America Wildfire Damage Update: October 2017
British Columbia recorded its worst-ever fire season this year, said CBC Monday. Wildfires that began in early April scorched just over 12,000 square kilometres of timber, bush, and grassland and at their height forced 45,000 people from their homes. Climate change didn’t directly cause major wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia this year but it…
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US New Home Sales: September 2017
Contracts for new US home sales expanded by 18.9 per cent in September to a 667,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate, according to estimates from the joint data release of HUD and the Census Bureau Wednesday. The solid reading in September returns new home sales to the positive growth trend it has been on for several…
